Radiator casing or cover



1,625,931 Aprll 26, 1927. B' BAXTER RADIATOR CASING OR COVER i Filed July l. 1926 4 2 SheelCS-Sheletv 1 J W WL mmumm f m --z 1,625993 Apnl Z6, 1927. B. BAXTER RADIATOR CASING 0R COVER Filed July 1. 192e 2 :Sheets-shea 2 atroz wu Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,625,931l PATENT OFFICE.

BERT BAXTER, OF WELCH, WEST VIRGINIA,` ASSIGNOR T BAXTER & COMPANY, OF WELCH, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

' RADIATOR CASING OR COVER.

Application led July 1, 1926. Serial No. 119,958.

This invention relates to means for encasing radiators, either hot water or steam radiators, and the eneral object of the invention is to provi e a casing of this character made of metal which is relatively simple, which is ornamental and vadds to the a pearance of the radiator, which may e readily put in place, and which is particularly, effective as regards the throwing out of the heat.

Another object is to provide a radiator casing having a back wall and end walls and a top, the top being elevated above the radiator itself and provided with apertures and the top carrying a delector whereby the heat olf1 the radiator is forced outward through t e wafr as it does through the ordinary radiator and another object in this connection is to provide a. dead air space between the deflector and the top which will prevent the top of the casing from becoming highly heated. y

Still another object is to provide means `whereby access may be had to the valves of the radiator a'nd which preferably includes shutters closing certain openings in the ends of the radiator casing, which shutters are readily opened to permit access to be had to the valves.

A still further object is to provide a radiator casing with a detachable top.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator casing constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical fragmentary longitudinal section;

Fig. 4 is a: section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that I have illustrated a radiator A of any suitable form or construction and that my improved casing comprises a back wall of sheet metal and end walls 1l 'which constitute supports for the back wall and to which the back wall is attached in any suitable manner. It will be noted that the end walls 11 extend downward below, the back wall and rest upon the floor. The back erforated top instead of passing up-v angled at 16 and the upper edge of the end 65 wall and the upper end of this angled portion are inwardly turned as at 17. Each end wall `is provided with means whereby it may be engaged with the floor, this means being shown as lugs 18 through which screws 70 may pass. f

Adapted to be supported upon the back y and end walls is a cover designated' generally 19. This cover consists of a top platte 20, 'whose marginal edges are anged at 21 75 on four sides. To this plate there is at-- tached in any suitable manner the end members 22 and each end member being channelshaped orpin other words formed with the rear liange 23 and the front flange 24, the 80 latter having the same width as the angled p portion 16.

Attached to the flanges or angular portions 24 is a front plate 25 having a plurality of apertures preferably in the .form of vertical slots 26 and the lower margin of this front plate is turned inward and upwardl to form a. trough 27. The rear plate 28 of this cover has the same depth as t-he front plate and is attached tothe top in any suitable manner and extends downward and at its lower margin is upwardly bent and then downwardlybent. so as to form an inverted trough 29 which is adapted to fit over the bead 12 of the back pla'te 10. The end Vmem- 95 bers 22 are cut away as at 30, this cut out portion extending to the lower edges of the end members and attached to the inner faces of these end members 22 is a strip 31 bent to form an inwardly projecting ange 32 100 and a downwardly projecting flange 33, this ange being spaced from the end member 22 and the inturned flanges 17 of the ends 11 are received within these spaces between the flanges 33 and the end members 22.

Disposed within the cover and carried upward and forward from the rear wall thereof is a deiiector which may be composed of one or two sections of .highly polished metal and which is designated 34. This defiector UU at its lower rear edge is beaded at 35, this bead being adapted to rest upon the fiange 29 and the forward margin of the deflector is bent downward and inward a't 3G and bears frictionally against the front plate.

For the purpose of normally closing the openings 3() I provide shutters 37, one for each end of the cover or top, each shutter having brackets 38 projecting from its inside face, the extremities of the brackets being bent to form hooks 39. These hooks 39 engage the iange 32 and this flange, therefore, acts as a pivot for the shutters, permitting the shutters to be shifted to an open position or to a closed position. When they are shifted to a closed position the shutters are forced inward so that the weight of the brackets and of the hooks 39 tends to hold the shutters closed. By opening the shutters access mayl be had to the radiator valve handles, in those forms of radiators where the radiator valve handles are disposed at the top of the radiator. These shutters also give access to the air valves of the radiators but it is to be understood that these shutters might be disposed on the ends 1l at the lower ends thereof in those radiators where the valves are disposed adjacent the bottom of the radiator.

It will be seen that my construction renders the top of the radiator cover or casing very rigid and strong. The heat detlector throws the heat out into the room instead of letting the heat go up toward the ceiling, and the dead air space between the deflector and the top plate prevents the top plate from becoming hot. There is a dust collecting trough at the front of the cover and'at the back thereof and at the lower end of the back plate 10. .These will collect dust and prevent the heat from throwing the dust out from the radiator with the hot air. The top part of the radiator casing can be taken off and cleaned whenever desired. There are no hinges on the plates 37 or anything that can get out of order. The radiator cover or casing is designed to be as ornamental as any other piece of furniture and is to be finished in any color desired. The cover not only acts to prevent dust rising upward with the hot air and getting on window curtains and settling on pictures and walls but the casing acts to throw the heat out near the floor.

1. In a radiator casing,an end member of sheet metal, the end member being apertured, an outwardly projecting flange on the inside face of the end member extending across the aperture. a shutter adapted to close the aperture and having inwardly projecting brackets, the extremities; of the brackets being formed with hooks adapted to engage the flange and fulcrum thereon.

2. A. radiator casing of sheet metal comprising a back plate, end plates, each end plate beiner angularly bent at its front margin, the fange thus formed extending toward the other end plate, the upper ends of said end plates being inwardly flanged. and the back plate having its lower edge spaced above the lower edges of the end plates, and a top rectangular in horizontal section to fit over the lower part of the casing, said top having a back plate, end plates and a front plate. the front plate being perforated and the end plates being anffularly bent to extend towards each other, trhe end plates and the back plate being formed on their lower margins with channels to Ieceive the flanged upper ends of the first named end plates and back plate.

3. A casing for radiators comprising a lower section formed with a back and ends, the ends being inwardly flanged to provide portions extending vertically alon the front of the radiator at each end tiereof and from top to bottom of the radiator cas-- ing, said portions defining a front opening extending from top to bottom of the casin the lower section having a height approximately that of the radiator, a removable top section fitting over the top of and supported by thelower section and including a back, ends, a front plate and a to the front plate having apertures. and a de ector disposed within and carried by the top section and extending upward and forward from the lower margin of the back plate of the top section to the upper margin of the 10o front thereof.

4. A casing for radiators comprising a lower section formed with a back and ends, the ends being inwardly flanged to provide portions extending vertically along the front of the radiator at each end thereof and from top to bottom of the radiator casing, said portions defining a front opening extending from top to bottom of the casino', the lower section having a height approXi- 110 mately that of the radiator, a removable top section fitting over the top of and supported b the lower section and including a back, en s, a front plate and a top, the front plate having apertures, and a deflector dis- 115 posed within and carried by the top section and extending upward and forward from the vlower margin of the back plate of the top section to the upper margin of the front thereof, the ends of the top section 120 havingapertures, and shutters operatively engaged with the ends of the top section and adapted to close said apertures or permit the passage of air therethrough.

5. casing for radiators comprising a 125 lower section formed with a back and ends, the ends being inwardly flanged to provide portions extending vertically along the front of the radiator at each end thereof and defining an opening from top to bot- 13o tom of the lower section, the lower section extending rearward from the upper margin having a width approximately that of the of the front of the top section and then radiator, and a top section including a top, downward and rearward parallel to the back a back, ends, and a front plate having aperof the upper section and at its lower edge 5 tures, the lowervmargin of the back'plate resting upon the inwardly turned flange of l5 and the lower margins of the ends being the upper sectionc heut inward and upward and then down- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflx my ward to rest upon the upper edges of the signature. hack and ends of the lower section, and a l defiector disposed within the top section and BERT BAXTER. 

